Odd that it took me this long to see this, a minor epic concerning the nexus of power and art during the apogee of the 30s labor movement. Perhaps I am inflating my grade because I am particularly fascinated with Italian Futurists, the young Orson Welles and the WPA, but this is a very enjoyable film with a dynamite cast. John Cusack as a young Nelson Rockefeller and John Turturro as the young actor in the Mother of All Barton Fink-feeling scripts are particular standouts. Hats off to the great Fellow Traveller Tim Robbins for making one of the most coherent Robert Altman films of our time.
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Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.
